Floriston railway station

Floriston
Site of the station in 1991
Location
Place	Floristonrigg
Area	City of Carlisle
Coordinates
Grid reference	NY3560064072
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
10 September 1847	Station opened
17 July 1950	Station closed
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Floriston railway station was a station which served the rural area around Floristonrigg, Rockcliffe Parish, south of Gretna in the English county of Cumbria. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Floriston is now at Carlisle.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1950.

The station had a few sidings, a signal box on the other side of the level crossing from the platforms, pedestrian overbridge, stationmaster's house, ticket office and a waiting room. The line was double track here, however it is now a triple track section built on the site of one of the platforms, a siding, etc. Floriston was in the vicinity of the bridge over the River Esk.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rockcliffe Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Gretna (Caledonian) Line open; Station closed

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms and all other buildings have been demolished, the pedestrian overbridge has also been removed, however the level crossing is still present.

Caledonian Railway Main Line
Legend
Carstairs to Carlisle  Caledonian Railway Main Line to Greenhill Junction Carstairs x20px Caledonian Railway Main Line to Edinburgh Strawfrank Junction Thankerton Symington Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Lamington Abington Crawford Elvanfoot Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch Beattock Summit(Private halt) Auchencastle Moffat Beattock Wamphray Dinwoodie Nethercleugh Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway Lockerbie Ecclefechan Kirtlebridge Solway Junction Railway Kirkpatrick Quintinshill loops Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Gretna Junction Gretna | Gretna (BUR) Longtown Border Union Railway Floriston Rockcliffe Border Union Railway ('the Waverley Line') Willowholme Jn | Port Carlisle Branch Jn Caldew Junctions Carlisle Citadel Citadel South Junctions x20px Maryport and Carlisle Railway London Road Junction Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction Newcastle & Carlisle Railway Settle-Carlisle Line

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway

External links

• Rail Brit
• Floriston Level Crossing
• Cumbrian Railways Association